In residential premises, a wide variety of pests and insects often start. Some of them are not visible to the human eye, while others turn our lives into real torment. It is worth considering a rather rare variety of unwanted neighbors.
Hayworm, or book louse, appears in residential apartments least often. This leads to a rather big surprise of the household when they find these obscure insects in their home. Let’s try to understand in more detail who the hay eaters are and how to get rid of them quickly.
general description
Book louse is most often found in nature. Usually insects of this species live in bird nests or rodent burrows. Sometimes hayed people hide under leaves, in the rhizomes of trees or ordinary grass. As a rule, they feed on fallen leaves, wood or dead particles of animal skin.
If there are hay eaters in the apartment, then most likely they came to their favorite treat - paste. That is why these insects got their name. The thing is that before, special book roots were used to make paste. That is why lice are also very common on book pages. Today, this type of paste is not produced. In the manufacture of book covers, synthetic adhesive compositions are used instead. That is why most often book louse is found in libraries, where there are many old editions of books. However, parasites can find something to feast on in addition to book covers.
Pieces of dried wallpaper glue, which was made on the basis of an old paste, were still preserved in houses of the Stalinist construction. In addition, mold and much more can attract them. These insects feel great in warmth and in high humidity.
What do meat eaters eat?
Most often, these insects love to feast on mushrooms, lichen, algae, pollen and elements of dead insects. This means that, by and large, their diet can include any components that contain mold or decomposition of plant origin. Therefore, they appear in apartments where there is a fungus. Most often, the appearance of these parasites affects the residents of the last floors in apartment buildings, as well as the owners of suburban real estate, where the roof is in poor condition.
Can it appear in a city apartment
These insects can start in the bathroom pipe, and they can also be found in heating pipes. In the apartment, haymakers can live even in kitchen cabinets, starting to eat cereals. It is worth considering that if there are old books in the house, then most likely they have already become a treat for these parasites.
The worst thing is that haymakers breed without fertilization. At the same time, in 24 hours, the female of this parasite can lay up to 60 eggs. Therefore, it is necessary to wipe the shelves as often as possible, because dust is also an excellent habitat for many types of parasites.
Propagation Features
The book louse lays its eggs one at a time or at once in small batches. The maximum number of eggs rarely exceeds 60 pieces per day, but this is quite enough for the parasites to develop into a huge colony. The longevity of a haymaker depends on temperature conditions, as well as on humidity and food availability. Adults live quite a long time - up to 53 weeks. At the same time, without a power source, they continue to exist normally for a rather long period. Just one egg of a book hayed is enough to start a new colony.
What is the danger
If we talk about allergic reactions, this happens if a person touches the thing on which the insect was before. However, this does not lead to quite serious consequences. Residents of Great Britain and Europe suffer the most from these parasites. They also bring a lot of problems to those who suffer from entomophobia.
Book louse: how to get rid?
Since these parasites are extremely rare in homes, there are no special measures for their destruction, however, there are a number of preventive measures that will help get rid of these enemies.
First of all, it is necessary to constantly wet clean all the rooms of the apartment. Particular attention should be paid to bookshelves. If the room has a large number of herbariums or dry flowers, then they need to be periodically updated or cleaned of dust. In the kitchen, it is imperative to timely sort through all the old cereals, as well as expired products. If there are already too many haymakers divorced and they bring great inconvenience, then only the disinsection of the apartment or the processing by specialized compounds will help. To do this, you will have to call the SES.
There are several ways that experienced professionals apply. In some situations, chladonite is used, due to which insects are frozen. In more complex situations, a wet insecticide is treated. For complex destruction of parasites, cold or hot fog is used using the latest generation of non-toxic chemical preparations. Thanks to the disinsection of the apartment, you can forever forget about the unpleasant and annoying neighbors.
Is it mandatory to get rid of these insects
If unpleasant bugs do not bother, then get rid of them is not necessary. The fact is that these insects are not carriers of the disease, they do not bite and will not crawl into bed or clothes. By and large, the only nuisance they bring is their unsightly appearance, since no one will like it if bugs move around its apartment. They can also interfere if they start eating millet and other groups that are in the kitchen.
It can be concluded that haymaker does not pose a great danger to humans. This parasite does not spoil things (except books) and does not emit an unpleasant odor. Therefore, to get rid of them or not - everyone decides independently. It all depends on the number of insects and whether they are visible to the human eye.